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Jun 16, 2016 at 7:01 PM

I am a WWII- and Korean-era war veteran, who returned May 25 from a fabulous, all-expenses paid trip to visit the war memorials in Washington, D.C. Although I and my wife, who is now deceased, were there 12 years ago when the WWII memorial was dedicated, it was great to be with my fellow vets and to be treated like a king.

I am a long-time subscriber to your paper — about 50 years. During my absence, I stopped delivery — donating it — therefore, I truly don't know how much coverage your paper gave our trip — our seventh —prior to our return. I did not, however, see any mention of our homecoming.

Our entourage consisted of 10 buses, 200 veterans, including at least one lady vet, six “Rosies,” many registered nurses and paramedics and assistants to help wheel us around and wait upon us. Also leading this caravan was Mark and Mrs. Finnegan. Mark is the Vets Roll co-founder with his brother John. One great thing about this trip is we were accompanied by Aaron Wilson of WTVO and two other professional photographers. The whole story can be found online at vetsroll.org.

— Nolan “Sully” Sullivan, Rockford

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